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True Origin of Oldest Evidence of Animals

Nov. 23, 2020 — Scientists have resolved a longstanding controversy surrounding the origins of complex life on Earth. The studies found molecular fossils extracted from 635-million-year-old rocks aren't the earliest ...

Lurking in Genomic Shadows: How Giant Viruses Fuel the Evolution of Algae

Nov. 18, 2020 — Biologists have recently discovered that endogenous viral elements that originate from giant viruses are much more common in chlorophyte green algae than previously ...

New Genome Alignment Tool Empowers Large-Scale Studies of Vertebrate Evolution

Nov. 11, 2020 — Three new articles present major advances in understanding the evolution of birds and mammals, made possible by new methods for comparing the genomes ...

Newly Discovered Fossil Shows Small-Scale Evolutionary Changes in an Extinct Human Species

Nov. 9, 2020 — Males of the extinct human species Paranthropus robustus were thought to be substantially larger than females -- much like the size differences seen ...

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Genetic Code Evolution and Darwin's Evolution Theory Should Consider DNA an 'Energy Code'

Nov. 16, 2020 — Darwin's theory of evolution should be expanded to include consideration of a DNA stability 'energy code' -- so-called 'molecular Darwinism' -- to ...

Cockroach Mating Habits and Developmental Features Help Uncover Insect Evolution

Nov. 6, 2020 — Researchers find that a 'lost' family of cockroaches may be the missing link in the evolution of insects from prehistoric times to the present ...

Just Like Us Neanderthal Children Grew and Were Weaned Similar to Us

Nov. 2, 2020 — Neanderthals behaved not so differently from us in raising their children, whose pace of growth was similar to Homo sapiens. Thanks to the combination of geochemical and histological analyses of ...

Denisovan DNA in the Genome of Early East Asians

Oct. 29, 2020 — Researchers analyzed the genome of the oldest human fossil found in Mongolia to date and show that the 34,000-year-old woman inherited around 25 percent of her DNA from western Eurasians, ...

Study of Ancient Dog DNA Traces Canine Diversity to the Ice Age

Oct. 29, 2020 — A global study of ancient dog DNA presents evidence that there were different types of dogs more than 11,000 years ago in the period immediately following the Ice ...

Oldest Securely Dated Evidence for a River Flowing Through the Thar Desert, Western India

Oct. 19, 2020 — Using luminescence dating of ancient river sediments, a new study presents evidence for river activity at Nal Quarry in the central Thar Desert ...

Fossil Footprints Tell Story of Prehistoric Parent's Journey

Oct. 14, 2020 — Hungry giant predators, treacherous mud and a tired, probably cranky toddler -- more than 10,000 years ago, that was the stuff of every parent's nightmare. Evidence of that type of frightening trek ...

Climate Change Likely Drove Early Human Species to Extinction, Modeling Study Suggests

Oct. 15, 2020 — Of the six or more different species of early humans, all belonging to the genus Homo, only we Homo sapiens have managed to survive. Now, a study ...

Modern Humans Took Detours on Their Way to Europe

Oct. 14, 2020 — Favourable climatic conditions influenced the sequence of settlement movements of Homo sapiens in the Levant on their way from Africa to Europe. In a first step, modern humans settled along the coast ...

A Tiny Jaw from Greenland Sheds Light on the Origin of Complex Teeth

Oct. 13, 2020 — Scientists have described the earliest known example of dentary bone with two rows of cusps on molars and double-rooted teeth. The new findings offer insight into mammal tooth evolution, particularly ...